There’s an innate human yearning for greatness – bigger, better, more, more, more. And surfers, amongst the rest of the world, are not immune from this craving. Particularly when it comes to big wave ...

On July 29, an 8.8-magnitude earthquake hit off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. It prompted tsunami warnings across the Pacific region. Tsunami waves reached Hawaii and the West Coast but evacuation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Surfing has many different types of waves. Some are named due to what’s happening on the ocean floor, others are named for the ...

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The author, Paul McHugh, surfing the Santa Cruz Paddlefest in the same gear he had on when surfing the tsunami. Does this claim sound grandiose? Might it seem more cloaked in modesty if I say it took ...

You value independent local news, so become a sustainer today to power our newsroom. Competition at the U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach was canceled Wednesday — not because of massive tsunami ...

Last month, a massive earthquake struck in Russia. The tremor was an 8.8-magnitude, hitting off the remote coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, sending all of Pacific Ocean communities on high alert for ...

No sooner had the tsunami watch been issued than the text messages began coming in. Friends and family wanted to know if I was safe. Would the waves reach me? Should I drive, or even run, to higher ...